Sheik In The City, pt. 1

Geoff Muldaur came to New York to celebrate release date of his wonderful new album Geoff Muldaur & The Texas Sheiks. I found him to be full of gracious warmth. He's also a hell of a singer and guitar player. First, he appeared on WNYC's Leonard Lopate Show. Here he is (at center) with Lopate producer Melissa Eagan and WNYC engineer and folk expert Ed Haber, in front of one of the station's original doors:



We then wandered up the block to the newly remodeled Newsweek, where Geoff taped an interview and a song performance of "Cairo" for Newsweek.com's Malcolm Jones and Jonathan Groat.



I can't wait to see a full Muldaur concert! - Nick L-E

on the town with tom jones

spent a few days doing press with Tom Jones in the last two weeks. here's jimmy kimmel's satirical sneak peak at Tom's new show:



and a few behind-the-scenes shots. the whole thing was filmed in hollywood, in front of a green screen:





while out in la, tom also did the tonight show w/ jay leno:



previously, in new york, Tom did a few fascinating interviews. here he is interviewed by wnyc's stalwart host, and one of the best interviewers out of there, leonard lopate. listen here:



and here's tom after his interview w/ the washington post's chris richards: